To get hold of a Cristiano Ronaldo shirt is the dream of many footballers, and it sometimes comes true – unless you are a Roma player.
BACKGROUND
Getting hold of a worn jersey by Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo – this is not only a dream of numerous fans, but also of many players who meet the two currently best footballers in the world.
While the Argentines came up a few years ago Instagram presented his bulging collection of swapped shirts and is often ready to hand over his jersey to the waiting colleagues who are turned into fans at that moment, with Ronaldo the course of the game obviously decides whether the wish of his counterpart will come true.
The 36-year-old once denied Stefano Sorrentino, the former goalkeeper of Chievo Verona, a previously agreed jersey swap after he had saved a penalty from the Portuguese. Ferencvaros professional Marcel Heister also received only a derogatory gesture when he dared to try. “Maybe because he didn’t score a goal against us. Or because I took the ball from him while trying to dribble,” the 28-year-old was interviewed with in November last year Goal and SPOX tried to find an explanation.
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However, if you are a AS Roma player, you will wait forever for an exchange with the five-time Ballon d’Or winner. The reason for this is in 2007.
“Some threatened to hurt me”: When Ronaldo played the Roma dizzy
At that time, today’s superstar from Juventus Turin was still playing for Manchester United and met the Giallorossi in the Champions League quarter-finals in April of said year. The Red Devils received the Italians with a 1: 2 mortgage from the first leg at Old Trafford – and sent the Roma back to the Eternal City with a 7: 1 package.
Outstanding man that evening: Ronaldo. The then 22-year-old, at that time still without a hit in the premier class, turned up, hit twice, put on the opening goal from Michael Carrick and swirled his opponents with his dribbling mighty. So much so that they begged for mercy.
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“When the score was 6-0, they begged me to stop dribbling,” Ronaldo once told him Daily Express. Other, more revenge-minded opponents “threatened to hurt myself”.
Threats that the current generation of wolves are also said to suffer from. “Roma? There is no player with whom I would trade a shirt,” said Ronaldo afterwards.
Ronaldo and Roma: new attempt next season?
The two premier class duels almost 14 years ago were Ronaldo’s first encounters with Roma.
Since then, the 2016 European champion has met the three-time Italian champion several times. Nothing is known of a jersey swap.
A new attempt could be started in the upcoming season. Getting the jersey of the Juve offensive star will probably not be the top priority given the explosive sporting nature of these games.
The probability that it will work should be negligible anyway.
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